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Artificial Condition (Dramatized Adaptation)

The Murderbot Diaries, Book 2

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Artificial Condition (Dramatized Adaptation)

By: Martha Wells
Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, Rayner Gabriel, Elena Anderson, David Cui Cui, Jeri Marshall
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About this listen

Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times bestselling All Systems Red.

It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.

Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…

Performed by David Cui Cui, Elena Anderson, Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Foster Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Eric Messner, Jeri Marshall, Ken Jackson, Marni Penning, Michael John Casey, Rayner Gabriel, Scott McCormick, Shanta Parasuraman and Yasmin Tuazon.

©2018 Martha Wells (P)2023 Graphic Audio LLC Adventure Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction Adaptation

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A great continuation of the saga with quicky dialogue and a not so stable android.

Robots are flawed

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For me this is the book where it all clicks in terms of the story and central character. Great story. My only negative is that I think in hindsight the full cast doesn't offer anything better over the single person narration version.

Much Improved

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Artificial Condition was a great listen—engaging from start to finish. Though shorter than I expected, it was tightly written and never dragged. I especially enjoyed the witty interaction between Murderbot and the ship AI (ART); their dynamic added a clever, emotional layer to the story. The narrator did an excellent job bringing the characters to life. Looking forward to the next one!

Smart, fast paced and fun

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It feels kind-of meaningless. I hardly remember what it was about. I listened to the first one, I expected more.

sorry, not for me.

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The narrator, and all the voices, were annoying, high pitched, and spike too quickly. The acting was bad and the humour fell flat.

Not worth continuing

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